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Title: loading new games into D64
Post by: amiga4001 on February 20, 2007, 06:59:43 AM

I've got me a present the D64(Commodore 64 in a joystick).
Is it possible to download some other games and put them instead off the original games.
With some kind off hack or so.
Don't want to hack it to death just want to be able to play turrican with it!

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: kd7ota on February 20, 2007, 07:18:07 AM

You cant do much without opening up the joystick completely and then soldering some connections.... There are people that actually use it as a real c64.  Do some searches on google to ripping the thing apart and building it into a c64 back again.

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: skurk on February 20, 2007, 07:40:56 AM

You can't load new games into it "as-is", but you can connect a PS/2 keyboard, an extra joystick, a PSU and a C64 floppy drive to it. :)  No special components required, just solder the wires and start hacking.

This should get you started:
http://thedarkside.ath.cx/dtv/ports.html (http://thedarkside.ath.cx/dtv/ports.html)

I've been told there's a version 2 of the joystick around the corner, featuring a USB port for transferring programs to the D64.  But that's just something I've heard, consider it a rumour.

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: Ral-Clan on February 20, 2007, 02:59:58 PM

The PAL version of the C64-DTV (D64 is a file format for C64 emulators) does have 2MB of flashable RAM I believe.  You can load new games onto it, but it will still involve hacking some ports onto the joystick.

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: amiga4001 on February 20, 2007, 06:49:20 PM

Got some more info on that?
Can't find nothing about it on google.
Only for modding(keyboard,floppydrive) but I already have a C64 with floppydrive.

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: marauderII on February 20, 2007, 07:36:38 PM

google for petscii forums

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: Ral-Clan on February 20, 2007, 08:20:29 PM

http://www.kahlin.net/daniel/dtv/flash.php

just type "c64 dtv flash" in any search engine.  Comes up as first hit.

Title: Re: loading new games into D64
Post by: amiga4001 on February 20, 2007, 08:43:11 PM

Thanks for the reply's lot's off info there.